On the boundary of Banff and Jasper National Parks, two of the most amazing places in the Canadian Rockies, you’ll find the Columbia Icefield. This is one of the largest and most accessible ice fields south of the Arctic Circle, weighing in at 325 square kilometres. From Icefields Parkway, the road that will take you to the icefields, you’ll see several huge glaciers, including Athabasca and Stutfield.
Tour the Columbia Icefield from Banff
Voyage through the remnants of the last Ice Age and look upon the monuments of rock and ice that remain today. When at the Columbia Icefield, have the experience of a lifetime on the surface of the Athabasca Glacier on specially designed, all-terrain Ice Explorers. The Ice Age meets the Space Age as you learn the natural and human history of this remarkable area. (9 Hours).
Tour the Columbia Icefield from Calgary
Travel into the Rocky Mountains and along one of the world’s most spectacular journeys to the Columbia Icefield. At the Athabasca Glacier, Brewster’s all-terrain Ice Explorers will take you on a 90-minute ice age adventure to experience ancient ice and a moving glacier. (15 Hours).
Tour the Columbia Icefield from Jasper
Built during the late 1930’s, and then known as the ‘Banff-Jasper Highway’, this road was designed as a tourist route. Construction crews followed an old trail that the Brewster brothers had been using to carry adventureous tourists on horseback along a six-day journey between Lake Louise and Jasper. The Brewster brothers called this route “The Great Glacier Trail”. (5.5 Hours)
Tour the Columbia Icefield from Lake Louise
Follow the mystical rivers of the mountains: the Mistaya, and the mighty North Saskatchewan to the Columbia Icefield where its meltwater feeds streams and rivers that pour into the Arctic, Atlantic and the Pacific oceans. Experience our Ice Explorer ride where you will travel on a moving glacier, touch ancient ice and drink the fresh waters of the glacier. (7.5 Hours)
Tour the Columbia Icefield from Lake Louise to Banff with Ice Explorer
Follow the mystical rivers of the mountains: the Mistaya, and the mighty North Saskatchewan to the Columbia Icefield where its meltwater feeds streams and rivers that pour into the Arctic, Atlantic and the Pacific oceans. Experience our Ice Explorer ride where you will travel on a moving glacier, touch ancient ice and drink the fresh waters of the glacier. (8.5 Hours)
Tour the Icefield Glacier
The Columbia Icefield is located on the boundary of Banff and Jasper National Parks. One of the largest accumulations of ice and snow south of the Arctic Circle, it covers an area of nearly 325 square kilometres. (1.5 Hours)